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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1994:

Contents

Events

April

June

July

August

September

First flights

February

March

June

September

October

December

Entered service

Events

April

★ April 14 - USAF F-15 Eagles shoot down two US Army UH-60 Blackhawks over Iraq, mis-identifying them as Iraqi Mil Mi-25s

★ April 16 - a Royal Navy Sea Harrier is shot down over Serbia by a SA-7 Grail. The pilot was later rescued

June

★ June 9 - an Antonov An-124 carries a 1,000-tonne diesel locomotive from Ontario to Dublin

July

★ July 12 - a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules flies the 10,000th United Nations relief flight into Sarajevo

August

★ Flt Lt Jo Salter is posted to No. 617 Squadron RAF (Tornado GR1Bs), the RAF's first female fast jet pilot

★ August 5 - USAF A-10 Thunderbolt IIs attack and destroy a Serbian anti-tank gun

★ August 30 - Lockheed and Martin Marietta announce their intention to merge. They will form Lockheed-Martin the following year.

September

★ September 8 - USAir (now US Airways) flight 427 crashes into a hillside near Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania killing all 132 people aboard.

★ September 22 - two RAF SEPECAT Jaguars and a USAF A-10 attack and destroy a Serbian T-55 tank

First flights

February

★ February 15 - Eurocopter EC 135

March

★ March 27 - Eurofighter Typhoon

June

★ June 12 - Boeing 777

September

★ September 13 - Airbus Beluga

October

★ October 25 - Bell 430

December

★ December 16 - Antonov An-70

Entered service